Dana Gavanski returns this month with her new album ‘When It Comes’. Watch the accompanying video for ‘I Kiss The Night’, “…an ode to the night, learning to lean in to its magic, and the spookiness of solitude in a winter storm.”
The world’s biggest ceilidh, Hoolie in the Hydro, takes place at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow on Saturday 17th December with a lineup that includes Dougie Maclean, Mànran, Sharon Shannon Band, Skerryvore and Trail West.
Following his bittersweet slacker debut novel ‘Three Craws’, Jame Yorkston has announced his second: The Book of the Gaels, described by musician and broadcaster Jarvis Cocker as ‘An unsentimental and unflinching miracle of remembrance’.
Lisa O’Neill sings her version of Bob Dylan’s, All the Tired Horses at the end of the final episode of the final series, of Peaky Blinders, currently, the most-watched television series, in the world.
TG4 Gradam Ceoil 2022 Awards ceremony will take place in Dublin for the first time in the award’s history. This year’s recipients include Paddy Glackin, Diarmuid Ó Meachair, Dolores Keane, Connie O’Connell, Sarah Ghriallais, Edwina Guckian and Skara Brae.
On her new album, Galway vocalist/artist Ceara Conway collaborates with producer Seán Mac Erlaine and a top cast of musicians to bring you a collection of sean-nós songs that explore the beautiful sounds and sentiments of longing and loss.
In May, master guitarist Martin Simpson will be playing eight shows with melodeon maestro and close friend Andy Cutting. The tour will include new material that will form the core of Martin’s new solo album, due for release next March.
Our tune of the day comes from Australian finger-style guitarist D.C Cross. Watch him performing ‘Lithgow Pink’ from his new album ‘Hot-wire the Lay-low’. A player with plenty to say and all the skills to say it.
Derek Piotr is back with a new solo single, an excellent take on “How Can I Keep from Crying?” taken from his forthcoming album “The Devil Knows How”. I can’t wait to hear the rest of the album.
Our Song of the Day comes from Nick Mulvey with ‘A Prayer of My Own’, taken from his forthcoming album ‘New Mythology’, an album he hopes “…inspires and stimulates new ideas, insights and ambitions” and “…generates a sense of the sacred within its audience”.
Taken from their forthcoming new album ‘Lady Mondegreen’, watch Fellow Pynins performing their lead single ‘Pretty Polly’. Their timing and arrangements ebb and flow beautifully and they instantly sound at one with the song.
Keston Cobblers Club return with a meditative new single, ‘Lullaby For The Wide Awake’ – out March 30th 2022 via Absolute Label Services. Watch the accompanying video here.
